Automobile trunk



Dec. 26, 1933. WILDMAN 1,941,375

AUTOMOBILE TRUNK I Filed May 4, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l //\/L/E/\/7 UR KW.WILDMAN fl TTU NE 1933. K. w. WILDMAN AUTOMOBILE TRUNK Filed May 4, 19312 Sheets-Sheet 2 C Fig 5 j QM 24 //\//EN TUR Kw. WILDMAN Patented Dec;26, 1933 s T p v V r V I v oixiirgoiSTATES P TEN IoFFIQE 'l AUTOMOBILETRUNK Karl W. Wildman, Beaverton, Oreg. Application May 4, 1931: SerialNo; 534,781) V V g} 3 Claims. (Cl 224-29) v v This invention relatesgenerally to automobile in Fig.8 One side 1 9 is attached tothe-vertical trunks, and particularly to a trunk whose capacity 1. strap21 by means of a hinge 22. The lower end 7 can beincreased or decreasedto suit the con- 23 of the strap 21isturnedinwardly'andsecured venienceof the user. to a base 24. by means of the bolt25. A strap 26 The mainobject of this invention is to provide similar to the strap 21 is placedin front of the an automobile trunk which can be lengthened or trunk inthe middle of the side and carries the shortened at will for the purposeof varying its lock 27 whose hasp 28 engages the corresponding capacity.fitting 29 on the rent side 19 or" the top portion 11. The second objectis the construction of a The front sides of the top portions are securedsimple form of trunk having a large capacity to their respective sides14 by means of the latches v whose'longitudinal dimension can bediminished 30. The edges 31 of the top portionll are inor increasedwithout requiring any machine work turned and provided with .a watertight gasket 32 and Without sacrificing the'use of the closure withwhich the top portions 15 are held in close v therefor, and without inany way detracting from contact by means of a spring 33. 1 1 5 itsstrength or appearance. 1 It can be seen that the trunk thus fardescribed h s and h r b ts, will becom m r apcan be lengthened orshortened at will. In order parent m h p ific ti n f ll wi asillustoprevent a change in length due to vibration or trated in theaccompanying drawings, in which; from any other cause when such changeis not 1 is a perspective w Of h trunk in an desired, there is provideda horizontal angle bar i120 x d d p tion w p s b o w in s 34 at theback, of thetrunk, which bar is secured 7. tion. I V to the strap 21.The bar 34 1s provided with M 2 is a p p v View Of the trunk in a inotches 35 on its top side'which engage the pawls tracted position. 36hinged on the sides 14. I V e 3 is a Perspective View Of the trunk takenIt can be seen from the foregoing that when a from the real Side hftrunk of smaller capacity isrequired the length 1 Fig. 4 is a sectiontaken along the line 4-4 in there f a be reduced by merely disengagingthe pawls 36 and moving the end sections inwardly Fig. 5 1s a sectiontaken along the line 5-5 1n and then re engaging the paw1s 36 in thenearest notch 35.

"5:30 Fig. 6 is a section taken along the line 6-6 in In Order thatparts: have' the desired r V rigidity there is provided a channel track37 Eamon take akmg the 11118 m which extends the full length of thesides 10 and i 1 th 2 8 8 is secured to the base 24 by means of thebolts 38. 135 8 1S a Section a (mg g me m The top of the channel 37 isalso secured to the i t k a1 th 9 9 bottom 12 by means of the clips 39.The channel f g 9 1S sec en (mg 6 me '5 37 is cut away'at its midsection to permit the strap 21 to pass under same (as shown in Fig. 6).fl ifi g gggfiig s ggf xg g to snfmlar The bottom sections 16 areslidably connected to I i-40 Referring in detail to the drawings, thetrunk ggg i g i g ifig g gfj gi g ifig 11213? 1 includes astationarycentral section embracing Around the lower gortioh of the ends 13 an"the sides 10, the top 11 and the bottom 12. The the Sides 14 is atrm'immg band 41 which trunk also includes the movable end sections contmi t the 24 sisting of the ends 13, the sides 14, the top 15 and S O b ean that: b this construction, there. 7 -2 the bottom 16. The endsectionstelescope with d i h, a manufactureduloo relation to the centralsection and may be moved 15 3 2 e 15 i albacit ma inwardly or outwardlyby means of the handle 17 an d in a 039 Cu 19 m -f effirt b on the ends13. The top portion 15 is attached ge 222ti g xpe r gfiz g ggs o fl 0 yto the side 14 by means of a hinge 18. The top 6 portions 15 slideunderneath the top portion tn mg hi gg gesi or gigigtga fi fife 105 i sth ut 'de of the si .es 9 $3: 2 1 1,5 3, ti tt 12, h therefore not myintention to'cover such articles sides 19 of the top member 11 areturned down,- broadly, but I do intend, to cover all such forms wardlyand their lower edges 20 are curled inand modifications thereof as fallf2i1I1y W1th1l'l T5 wardly and upwardly upon themselves (as shown theappended claims. 1:110

I claim:

1. An extensible trunk having in combination a stationary centralportion, longitudinally slidable end portions telescoping with saidcentral portion, a telescopic cover for said trunk hinged to saidstationary and slidable sections the bottom of said central portionlying above the bottom of the end portions, and track means upon whichsaid central' portion is fixedly mounted and said end portions areslidably mounted.

2. An automobile trunk having in combination a track adapted to bemounted on a luggage carrier, a U-shaped middle trunk section fixablymounted on said track and end trunk sections 7 slidably mounted on saidtrack one at each end of said middle section in a telescopic relationthereto, a three part telescopic cover for said trunk extendingdownwardly around the upper edges thereof and having its intermediateportion 1 outermost, said telescopic cover having means for renderingthe joints thereof water-proof, and a clamp for holding the slidableends of said trunk in a fixed position with relation to said trackmember.

3. An automobile trunk comprising a pair of parallel spaced tracks, aU-shaped intermediate body section, spacers for holding the bottom ofsaid intermediate section above the top of said tracks, an end bodysection at each end of said intermediate section comprising a bottomwhich slides between the bottom of said intermediate section and thetracks and sides which lie adjacent to the sides of the intermediatesection, and an end wall which is joined to thesides and the bottom ofthe end body section, the sides of said end body sections being joinedto the bottom of said end body sections along the length thereof, athree part telescopic top comprising an intermediate and two endsections which top end sections hinge to the sides of the end bodysections and whose intermediate top section hinges to a side wall ofsaid U-shaped intermediate body section and in which the intermediatetop section is above the end top sections, and means for holding the topsections in fixed relation to the tracks upon which they guide.

KARL w. WILDMAN.

